The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 11, 2013
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
7:59 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 143.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.46° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.