The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2197
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
1:59 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3390
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 | 310.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.94° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.36° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.