The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 2011
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
7:41 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 320.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 15m / -0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.87° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.76° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.