The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 2002
Waning Crescent
0.5% 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
7:28 AM
5:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 978
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 | 353.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.05° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.46° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.