The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
3:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1325
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 51.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.12° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.42° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.