The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
4:46 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 521
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 | 133.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.78° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.