The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 2140
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
1:55 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2685
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 | 311.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.37° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.29° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.