The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 1980
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
1:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 706
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.36° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.49° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.