The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1906
Waning Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
1:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.00° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.05° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.