The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2079
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
9:14 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1931
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 | 224.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.07° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.34° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.