The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 13, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% 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
1:02 PM
3:35 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.87° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.06° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.