The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
4:23 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 134.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.36° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.02° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.