The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2108
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
7:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2290
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 | 8.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 156.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.48° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.42° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.