The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1987
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
8:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 189.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.94° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.83° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| 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.