The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1980
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
2:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 310.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 220.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.88° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.67° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.