The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
5:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 151.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 46m / 16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.39° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.48° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.