The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 11, 1981
First Quarter
49.7% 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
11:45 AM
12:45 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 719
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.45° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.45° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.