The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 2148
Waning Crescent
42.2% 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
1:40 AM
12:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2784
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.59° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.46° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.