The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1954
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
7:29 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 385
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 | 190.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.72° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.