The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1958
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
3:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 434
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 | 326.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -16.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.32° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.49° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.