The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1958
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
6:32 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 435
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.17° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.08° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 167.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.