The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1983
Waxing Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 744
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.76° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.84° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.