The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 1922
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
7:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 334.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.57° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.88° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.