The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1913
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -122
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.22° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.95° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.