The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:46 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 917
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 | 139.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 32.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.60° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.59° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.