The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1920
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
1:28 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -36
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.42° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.68° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.