The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
7:24 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 249
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 349.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.75° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.47° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.