The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 1988
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
2:19 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 318.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.57° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.39° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.