The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
5:44 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 16.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.89° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.25° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.