The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1982
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
10:07 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 731
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.36° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.10° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.