The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2169
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
12:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3044
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 | 281.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.42° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.69° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.