The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
2:31 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 58.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.30° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.37° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.