The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1940
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
9:26 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 121.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.62° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.16° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.