The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 11, 1996
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
11:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.08° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.21° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.