The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2050
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 244.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.37° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.73° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.