The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1994
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
8:28 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 880
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 | 24.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 135.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.92° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.68° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.