The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1963
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
1:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 303.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.28° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.46° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.