The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
3:20 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 818
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 | 111.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.66° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.60° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.