The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1987
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:28 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 200.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.45° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.96° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.