The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1931
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
1:15 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 100
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 | 306.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 219.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.14° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.79° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.