The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 14, 1996
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
1:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 904
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 | 300.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.06° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.72° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.