The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1929
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
9:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 76
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.07° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.25° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.