The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 2088
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2042
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 | 261.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.18° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.30° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.