The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1973
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
7:39 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 620
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 | 196.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.18° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.17° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.