The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 2001
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
10:20 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 966
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.39° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.89° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.