The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1940
Waxing Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 212
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 | 69.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.21° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.61° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.