The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
3:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 44.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.19° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.85° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| 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.