The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 2118
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
5:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2413
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 176.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.03° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.49° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.