The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 1949
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 253.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.00° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.94° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.