The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 1966
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
4:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 341.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.68° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.41° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.