The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1904
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
8:27 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.96° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.20° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.