The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 2172
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3081
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 | 252.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.07° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.91° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.