The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1926
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
4:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 182.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.81° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.41° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.