The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1981
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:51 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 719
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 | 188.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.73° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.