The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1974
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:16 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 254.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.12° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.19° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.