The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 11, 1978
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
10:49 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 52.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 5.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.61° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.54° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.