The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
98.2% 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
7:48 PM
7:36 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 194.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 327.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.30° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.92° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.