The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
6:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1053
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 6.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.61° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.22° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.