The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1933
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
11:42 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 125
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.39° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.20° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.