The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
7:36 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 186.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.86° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.