The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2045
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
1:55 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1510
Events on this date
-
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -27.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.96° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.43° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.