The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 2042
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1473
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.35° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.18° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.