The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1909
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
11:07 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 260.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 261.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.96° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.09° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.