The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1926
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
8:40 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 39
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 132.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.33° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.00° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.