The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
8:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 207.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.01° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.74° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.