The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 1936
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
9:02 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.53° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.95° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.