The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 16, 2015
Waning Crescent
7.9% 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
5:16 AM
3:46 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 204.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.54° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.91° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.