The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
5:29 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 141.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.69° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.59° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.