The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
9:06 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2
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 | 32.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.39° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.