The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1971
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
11:42 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 595
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 | 284.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.63° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.80° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.