The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1953
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
3:15 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 372
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 | 327.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.00° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.53° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| 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.