The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
4:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -23
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 | 142.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 29.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.77° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.47° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.