The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 135.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.17° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.77° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.