The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1961
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 AM
5:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 471
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.87° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.46° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.