The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2009
Waning Gibbous
87.9% 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
9:58 PM
8:47 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.81° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.29° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.