The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 2072
Waning Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 278.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.44° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.23° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.