The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
1:59 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1115
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.44° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.79° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.