The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1966
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 533
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 174.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.54° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.61° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 36.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.