The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1960
Waning Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
8:21 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 203.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 316.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.53° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.61° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.