The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 1986
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 781
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 | 66.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.69° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.64° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.