The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1982
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
1:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 731
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.69° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.73° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.09° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.