The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 13, 2020
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
10:19 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 240.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.42° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.68° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.