The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1936
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
9:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 237.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.39° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.01° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.10° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.