The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 PM
3:12 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 110.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 01m / 27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.94° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.80° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.