The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1988
Waning Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
12:11 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 805
Events on this date
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Saturn and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 230.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.96° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.02° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.