The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1941
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 AM
12:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 282.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.97° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.73° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.