The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1936
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
2:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 318.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.42° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.31° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.