The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1968
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:39 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 558
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.04° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.59° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.