The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% 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
1:28 PM
4:20 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 125.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.14° / 3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| 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.