The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1947
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
1:06 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.47° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.