The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1944
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
10:23 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.05° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.01° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.