The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
3:47 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 122.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 40m / 23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.34° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.00° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.