The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2071
Waning Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1832
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.40° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.95° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.