The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 2014
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
7:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 336.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 21m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.82° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.17° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.