The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 14, 2005
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.13° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.85° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.