The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2175
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3118
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.17° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.45° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.