The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 1972
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
2:26 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 318.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.28° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.15° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.