The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1975
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
12:38 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 645
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 | 82.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.22° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.