The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
2:33 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1040
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 206.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.37° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.18° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.