The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:33 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.42° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.51° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.