The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1963
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:45 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 226.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.36° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.30° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.