The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 2010
Waxing Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 62.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.19° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.68° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.