The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1944
Waning Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
2:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 261
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 | 299.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 216.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.10° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.15° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.