The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
4:08 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 123.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.82° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.97° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.