The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
1:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.41° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.09° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.