The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Waning Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
12:02 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 282.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 240.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.32° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.63° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.