The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 65.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.15° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.23° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.