The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1957
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
6:59 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.98° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 196.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.