The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2178
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
1:31 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.70° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.55° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.