The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 2025
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
8:49 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 215.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.63° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.51° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.