The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
4:53 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 286
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 32.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.32° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.86° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| 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.