The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
4:02 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 127.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 42.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.01° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.95° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.