The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 11, 1961
Waning Crescent
18.6% 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
4:00 AM
2:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 309.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 221.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.92° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.87° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.