The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 2107
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2277
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 | 280.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.03° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.27° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.