The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
3:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 954
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 | 126.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 20.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.57° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.16° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| 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.