The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 1941
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
8:53 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 224
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.74° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.95° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.