The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 1927
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
9:05 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 51
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.21° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.33° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.