The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 11, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3378
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 23.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.42° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.40° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.