The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1952
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
9:16 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 360
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -11.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.87° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.05° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.36° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.