The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
11:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1102
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -20.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.37° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.46° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.