The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
5:16 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1090
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 | 143.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 26.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.29° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.77° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| 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.