The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1939
Waning Crescent
18.4% 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
4:11 AM
2:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 199
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 220.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.63° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.49° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.