The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1936
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
1:38 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 305.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 221.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -23.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.80° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.82° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.12° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.