The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 1974
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
4:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.47° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.24° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.