The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 1972
Waxing Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
10:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 608
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 | 49.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.98° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.49° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.