The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 19, 2072
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
6:58 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1845
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 | 6.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 157.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.64° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.26° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.