The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 12, 2170
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
2:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3056
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 | 324.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 203.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.37° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.21° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.