The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1979
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
7:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.03° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.