The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 1957
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
9:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 422
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 | 235.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.32° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.