The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1901
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
11:58 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -271
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 | 280.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.83° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.70° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.