The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
3:49 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 119.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 30m / 25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.26° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.47° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.