The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1972
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
3:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 330.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 198.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -22.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.48° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.34° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.