The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1994
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
11:20 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.94° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.11° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.