The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
4:21 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 123.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 28.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.72° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.45° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.