The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
1:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 102.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.52° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.29° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| 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.