The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 19, 2128
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
9:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2537
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 | 221.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.80° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.07° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.