The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
8:01 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 249
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 | 173.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 336.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.77° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.