The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 2009
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 245.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.15° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.58° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.