The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1919
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
8:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -48
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 | 222.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.58° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.76° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.