The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 51
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 35m / 23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.04° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.66° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.