The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1955
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 397
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.18° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.90° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.