The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1966
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
11:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.57° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.31° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.