The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 15, 1904
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
5:40 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 176.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.47° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.21° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.