The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% 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
3:57 PM
6:38 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 156.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.38° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.03° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.