The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
6:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1189
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.15° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.96° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.