The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2004
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:26 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.60° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.03° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 38.2° |
| 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.