The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 1953
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
8:31 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 373
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 | 23.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -0.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.28° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.67° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.