The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1998
Waning Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
9:32 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.64° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.33° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.