The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1942
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
11:47 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 51.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.80° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.88° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.