The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1941
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:30 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 224
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.09° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.