The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1910
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
9:19 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -159
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.98° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.05° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.