The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1915
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
11:04 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 52.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.65° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.71° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.