The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 521
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 5.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.55° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.79° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.