The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 2003
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 991
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 301.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.45° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.36° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.