The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2908
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 | 171.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 356.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 15.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.92° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.74° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.