The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:08 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.10° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.73° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.