The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1906
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:34 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 223.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.04° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.07° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.