The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1942
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
4:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 236
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 | 323.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.21° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.75° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.