The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 1902
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
12:00 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.17° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.23° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.06° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.