The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1957
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.04° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.48° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.