The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1953
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 373
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.10° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.87° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.