The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2009
Waning Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
10:09 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 256.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.74° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.74° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.