The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 1996
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
11:50 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.71° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.37° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.