The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1991
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
4:12 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.37° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.17° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.