The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1976
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
9:25 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 235.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -11.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.64° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.14° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.