The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 1996
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
7:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 905
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 | 9.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 153.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 43m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.32° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.30° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.