The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1936
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:01 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 162
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.44° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.58° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.