The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1903
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:50 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -246
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.79° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.12° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.