The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 2142
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
8:18 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2710
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.17° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.42° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.