The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 13, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
3:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2970
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.10° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.16° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.