The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
7:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.41° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.