The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 1985
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
1:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 214.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.11° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.