The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
5:27 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 150.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 15.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.55° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.44° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.