The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 13, 2184
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
8:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3230
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.00° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.18° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.