The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 2066
Waning Crescent
25.9% 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
3:47 AM
1:03 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1770
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -24.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.32° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.66° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.