The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 13, 2012
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
10:26 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.26° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.30° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.