The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 2156
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
11:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2883
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.90° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.34° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.00° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.