The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 14, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
5:17 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 150
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.35° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.97° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| 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.