The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 19, 2018
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
10:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.59° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.33° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.