The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
10:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 50.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.68° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.86° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.