The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1998
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
8:02 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 194.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 328.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.98° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.90° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.