The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2039
Waning Gibbous
85.0% 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
10:09 PM
9:43 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1436
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 | 225.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.22° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.36° / -1.26° |
| 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.