The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
8:17 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1028
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 57m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.20° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.60° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.