The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
5:44 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1461
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.50° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.64° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.05° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.