The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1925
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
2:31 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 26
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.52° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.05° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.