The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1942
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
6:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 236
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 160.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.64° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.14° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.