The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2075
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
3:15 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1881
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.76° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.55° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.