The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 15, 2015
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 314.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 217.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.97° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.72° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| 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.