The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2006
Waning Gibbous
75.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
9:36 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 240.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.90° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.19° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.