The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1974
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
12:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 277.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.04° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.51° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.