The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1993
Waning Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
10:29 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 258.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.55° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.49° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.