The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% 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
3:01 PM
5:01 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 140.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 29.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.68° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.83° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.