The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1901
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
7:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -270
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.7° / 155.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.53° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.1° |
| 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.