The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1999
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:53 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 305.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.86° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.30° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.