The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1952
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:32 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 360
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 | 282.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.31° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.01° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.