The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1915
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -97
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.69° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.52° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| 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.