The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2099
Waning Crescent
17.5% 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
4:59 AM
1:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2178
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 | 310.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 214.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.24° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.10° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.