The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 15, 1999
Waning Crescent
0.4% 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
7:01 AM
5:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.40° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.07° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.