The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 13, 2154
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
7:23 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2859
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 149.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.74° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.26° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.