The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1917
Waning Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
9:35 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.21° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.48° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.