The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1990
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 830
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 | 247.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.19° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.94° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.