The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 1980
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
9:12 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 707
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 | 32.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 125.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.15° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.