The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
10:23 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.90° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.95° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.