The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
9:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 942
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 127.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.34° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.