The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1965
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:10 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 521
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 | 216.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.98° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.75° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.