The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
7:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1733
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.41° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.43° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.