The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 2016
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
11:03 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1152
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.84° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.95° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.