The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1946
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
7:25 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 286
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.51° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.