The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 1977
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
7:04 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 6.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 157.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.75° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.11° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.