The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1942
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
3:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 206.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.81° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.56° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.