The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1979
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
11:24 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.21° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.18° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.