The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1980
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
4:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 706
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 | 337.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 193.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.23° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.06° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.