The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1999
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 189.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.04° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.87° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.