The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 2047
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
1:08 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1535
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -25.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.55° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.85° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.