The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2012
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 320.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 210.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.27° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.17° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.