The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1940
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
12:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 212
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.39° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.44° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.