The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -48
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.00° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.21° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.