The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
3:39 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 114.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.51° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.56° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.