The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
5:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.98° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.