The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2017
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
8:24 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 200.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.05° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.69° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.