The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2019
First Quarter
47.8% 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
11:35 AM
12:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.96° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.84° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.