The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1945
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
9:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 120.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / -7.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.41° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.70° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.