The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 1983
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
4:47 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 743
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 | 345.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.05° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.64° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.