The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 2080
Last Quarter
49.6% 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
1:18 AM
11:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -22.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.53° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.76° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.