The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
9:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1201
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 | 227.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / 0.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.77° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.54° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.