The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 11, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2970
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 47m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.35° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.47° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.