The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1929
Waxing Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
11:32 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 60.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 7.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.00° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.88° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.