The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1971
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
8:04 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 195.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 327.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 7.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.44° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.56° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.0° |
| 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.