The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 14, 1969
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 333.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.08° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.78° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.