The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1945
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
1:13 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 274
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 | 81.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.73° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.96° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.