The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 2016
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
9:53 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 41.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.13° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.