The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
5:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3403
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 18.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.71° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.66° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.