The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 15, 1965
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
7:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 350.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.51° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / -4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 330.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.