The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2071
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1832
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 | 195.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 326.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.54° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.38° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.9° |
| 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.