The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:05 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1152
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 | 144.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 27.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.01° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.81° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.