The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1973
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
8:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 208.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.47° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.31° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.