The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 1999
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 316.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.29° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.49° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.