The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1914
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
8:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -110
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 3.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.37° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.47° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.