The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 1998
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
8:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 205.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.96° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.04° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.