The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
8:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1226
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 | 204.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 6.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.01° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.01° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.