The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 2126
Waning Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
10:56 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2512
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.69° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.75° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.