The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 14, 2055
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
9:17 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1634
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / 1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.80° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.99° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.42° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.