The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
4:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 140.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.43° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.81° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.