The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 1975
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
6:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 160.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.65° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.68° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.