The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 2001
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
2:52 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 966
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 | 320.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.72° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.09° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.