The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 19, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
4:32 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1956
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 28.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.30° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.99° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.