The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 2037
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:45 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1411
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.99° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.49° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.