The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 1994
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
7:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 150.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.55° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.87° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.