The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1982
Waning Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
2:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 311.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 216.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -22.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.64° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.96° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.28° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.