The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1990
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
12:15 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 830
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.05° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.61° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.