The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2178
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
8:23 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3156
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 137.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.85° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.09° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.