The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
1:59 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 97.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.77° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.96° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.