The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
5:26 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 144.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.39° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.37° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.