The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
9:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 224.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.68° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.97° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.