The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% 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
2:14 PM
4:45 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1894
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 | 133.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.39° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.14° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.