The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 1936
Waning Gibbous
59.3% 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
12:24 AM
10:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 259.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -20.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.27° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.42° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.