The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2026
Waning Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1275
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 | 304.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -28.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.63° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.62° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.