The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1963
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 247.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -7.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.15° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.60° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.