The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
4:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 991
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 | 126.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.83° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.