The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
6:29 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 818
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.46° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.01° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.