The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 2112
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
7:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2339
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.53° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.