The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
2:30 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.59° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.81° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.