The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 14, 1944
Waning Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.17° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.31° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.