The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 2015
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
1:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 301.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.87° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.07° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.53° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.