The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1904
Waning Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
2:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.77° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.63° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.