The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 11, 2012
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
9:12 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.66° / -4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.00° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.