The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2050
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
11:55 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 279.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.75° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.41° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.