The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2056
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
3:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 204.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.53° / 1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.72° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.