The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1926
Waxing Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
12:07 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 39
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 | 80.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.55° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.25° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.