The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
3:16 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 114.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.33° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.75° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.