The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 2172
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:55 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3081
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.17° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.76° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.