The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1945
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
2:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 274
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.56° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.79° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.