The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 2021
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
9:09 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1214
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.14° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.