The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1919
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
7:23 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 188.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.50° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.