The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 2010
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
4:57 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.65° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.97° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.