The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 2015
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
6:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1139
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.68° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.31° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.