The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1920
Waning Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
2:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 311.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 218.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -19.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.38° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.