The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 2055
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
7:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1634
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:05 PM, is deepest at 5:44 PM and ends at 7:24 PM. Totality lasts from 5:11 PM to 6:17 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.54° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.