The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1998
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
9:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 216.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.83° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.18° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.