The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2011
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
7:09 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1090
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.65° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.