The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1977
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
3:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 669
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 | 329.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.11° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.30° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| 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.