The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1988
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:58 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 28.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 129.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.03° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.62° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.