The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2005
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
10:42 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 50.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.83° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.21° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.