The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1900
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
8:48 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.59° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.12° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| 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.