The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 15, 1969
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:01 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 346.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 180.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.72° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.97° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.