The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1944
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
11:47 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 250.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 260.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.51° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.46° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.