The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 2188
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
9:26 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3279
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 | 220.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.18° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.72° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.