The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1906
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.62° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.37° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| 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.