The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1911
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
8:54 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -147
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 5.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.36° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.90° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| 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.