The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 15, 1937
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
11:32 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 175
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.30° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.35° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.