The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1952
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
8:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 360
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 | 198.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.58° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.93° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.