The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 14, 1983
Waxing Crescent
2.8% 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
8:37 AM
7:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 143.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.17° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.77° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.