The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
5:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1696
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 | 136.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 29.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 27.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.70° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.