The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Waning Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
2:26 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -23.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.11° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.70° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.