The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
4:57 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1016
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 34.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.75° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.03° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.