The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
6:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 484
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 | 170.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 14.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.40° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.20° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| 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.