The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1976
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
8:47 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 657
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 | 221.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.6° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.99° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.00° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.