The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
8:25 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 08m / 8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.50° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.17° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.