The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 19, 1950
Waxing Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
9:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 31.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.05° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.