The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
6:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 165.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.51° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.43° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.