The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 2009
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
9:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.19° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.08° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.43° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.