The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 1990
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
8:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.14° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.63° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.