The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 2074
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
9:48 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1869
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 288.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.05° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.38° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| 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.