The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
5:39 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1832
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.37° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.02° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.