The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1930
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 88
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 | 250.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.01° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.14° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.