The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 13, 2017
Waning Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
8:57 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 212.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.02° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.83° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.