The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 71.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.39° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.29° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.