The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1950
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
8:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 20.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.78° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.25° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.