The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 2004
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
11:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1003
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 | 284.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.26° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.09° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.