The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 11, 2159
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
11:59 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2920
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 236.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.95° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.57° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.