The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 11, 2017
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
7:48 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 188.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.76° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.