The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2002
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
6:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 979
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 160.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.07° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.34° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.