The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1911
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
10:02 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -147
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 | 243.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.20° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.34° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.