The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
4:38 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 126.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.10° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.40° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.