The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 2048
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
8:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1548
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 | 20.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.64° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.01° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.