The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
3:05 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 311
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 52.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.50° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.41° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.