The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2042
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 AM
10:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 263.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.42° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.34° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.