The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.12° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.49° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.18° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.