The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1969
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
1:13 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 305.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.71° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.40° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.