The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
7:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1498
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 354.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.05° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.24° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.