The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 2007
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
8:56 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1041
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.70° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.83° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.