The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
4:10 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -258
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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.67° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.42° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.