The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
4:19 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -184
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 | 129.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.08° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.44° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.