The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1960
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 459
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.40° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.20° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| 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.