The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 1991
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
3:10 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 842
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.25° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.98° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.