The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 14, 1948
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
10:36 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 311
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 | 50.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.44° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.26° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| 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.