The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2105
Waxing Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2253
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 89.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.39° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.02° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.