The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2082
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
5:35 PM
7:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1968
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 | 172.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 354.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.81° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| 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.