The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
1:03 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1065
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.76° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.43° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.