The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
2:50 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -221
Events on this date
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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 | 113.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.95° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.00° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.