The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1916
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:26 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -85
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.77° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.97° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.