The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 2013
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1115
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 | 66.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.53° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.31° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.