The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
8:53 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 221.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -6.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.74° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.59° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.