The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1955
Waning Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
3:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 324.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 206.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.41° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.13° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.