The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
1:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 175
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 | 97.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.80° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.82° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.