The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1943
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
1:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
-
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.93° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.54° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.