The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
6:50 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2537
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 355.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 12.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.18° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.