The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1930
Waning Gibbous
92.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
8:59 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 88
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 3.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.90° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.