The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2047
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
8:17 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1535
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / -1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.39° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.75° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.