The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
4:26 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -159
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.22° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.86° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.