The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 13, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
4:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1795
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.47° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.