The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 15, 2069
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1807
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.36° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.02° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.