The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2023
Waning Crescent
4.0% 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
6:38 AM
4:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1238
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.22° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.64° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.