The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1993
Waning Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
11:59 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 283.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.19° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.82° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.