The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1928
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 63
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 243.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.70° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.06° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.