The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2004
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
12:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 226.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -26.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.50° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.26° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.