The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
4:12 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 682
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 | 131.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.93° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.37° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.