The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 2021
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
5:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 166.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.13° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.27° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.