The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 13, 2159
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2920
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 219.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.60° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.93° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.