The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2012
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 243.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.01° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.15° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.