The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.30° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.42° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.