The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1903
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.28° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.49° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.