The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1922
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:54 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -11
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.74° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.15° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.