The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
1:37 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 308.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.84° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.84° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.