The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2023
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
5:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.44° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.84° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.