The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1962
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
7:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:06 AM, is deepest at 8:03 AM and ends at 9:59 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 343.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.25° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.