The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 2104
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:05 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2240
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 | 230.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.82° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.26° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.