The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 1938
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
9:07 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 187
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 | 230.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.12° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.54° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.