The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 2104
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
8:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2240
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -6.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.97° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.12° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.