The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 2186
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
1:57 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3254
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.59° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.26° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.