The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
1:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.14° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.68° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.