The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2015
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
7:24 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.95° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.49° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.