The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1946
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:24 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 286
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 296.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.18° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.11° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.