The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 1939
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
3:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 199
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 | 320.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 211.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.50° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.