The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
9:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 30.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.08° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.