The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1903
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
11:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 263.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.64° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.95° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.