The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
4:04 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1016
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 | 119.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.90° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.19° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.