The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1942
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 39.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.22° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.07° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.