The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 19, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
4:44 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2896
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 36.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.26° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.13° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| 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.