The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
6:40 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -184
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 6.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.49° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.01° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.