The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 14, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
2:47 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 954
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.14° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.31° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.