The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
9:04 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.90° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.99° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.