The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2017
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
12:14 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1164
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -16.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.96° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.77° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.