The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2172
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
9:07 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3081
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 | 214.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.71° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.47° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.