The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 12, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:18 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3378
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 | 159.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 10.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.36° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.27° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.