The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 2080
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
1:05 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -28.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.44° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.28° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.