The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1915
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
6:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 158.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.28° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.49° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.