The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
9:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.38° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.74° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| 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.