The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1912
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
3:31 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -135
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 195.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.74° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.53° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.