The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Waning Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1263
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 | 247.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.21° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.96° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.