The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 1990
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
11:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 830
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 | 280.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 239.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.92° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.43° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.