The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 1999
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
10:12 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 942
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 | 44.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.39° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.14° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.