The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1909
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.76° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.93° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.