The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1988
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
7:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 806
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 | 14.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.08° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.82° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.