The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
3:37 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 117.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 25.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.83° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.66° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.