The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
7:33 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 193.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 329.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.53° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.12° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.9° |
| 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.