gdal - Reprojection problem with gdalwarp

I have a GeoTiff file with WGS84 datum projection and I'm trying to reproject it using gdalwarp. Using this command

gdalwarp -t_srs '+proj=tpers +azi=19 +tilt=30 +lon_0=-109.5 +lat_0=23 +h=1274199.4 +wktext' atnight.tif atnighttilted.tif

returns this

ERROR 1: Too many points (10000 out of 10000) failed to transform,
unable to compute output bounds.

I'm using GDAL version 1.10.0. This is the contents of the .tfw file:

0.0066667901
0.0000000000
0.0000000000
-0.0066669136
-32.8672753199
72.8560317049

I've just started using gdalwarp. Thanks in advance, Tom

The output of atnight.tif using gdalinfo is:

Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF

Files: atnight.tif
       atnight.tfw
Size is 9123, 4957
Coordinate System is:
GEOGCS["WGS 84",
    DATUM["WGS_1984",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
            AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],
        AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],

    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
    AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
Origin = (-32.870608714976186,72.859365161672642)
Pixel Size = (0.006666790125743,-0.006666913589395)
Metadata:
  AREA_OR_POINT=Area
  TIFFTAG_DATETIME=2012:11:26 15:13:57
  TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT=2 (pixels/inch)
  TIFFTAG_SOFTWARE=Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
  TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION=72

  TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION=72
Image Structure Metadata:
  COMPRESSION=LZW
  INTERLEAVE=PIXEL
Corner Coordinates:
Upper Left  ( -32.8706087,  72.8593652) ( 32d52'14.19"W, 72d51'33.71"N)
Lower Left  ( -32.8706087,  39.8114745) ( 32d52'14.19"W, 39d48'41.31"N)
Upper Right (  27.9505176,  72.8593652) ( 27d57' 1.86"E, 72d51'33.71"N)
Lower Right (  27.9505176,  39.8114745) ( 27d57' 1.86"E, 39d48'41.31"N)
Center      (  -2.4600456,  56.3354198) (  2d27'36.16"W, 56d20' 7.51"N)

Band 1 Block=9123x115 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Red
Band 2 Block=9123x115 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Green
Band 3 Block=9123x115 Type=Byte, ColorInterp=Blue