The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 11, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
4:11 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1931
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.04° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.76° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.