The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1980
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
5:33 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 350.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.97° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.26° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.