The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
5:51 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1288
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 19.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.44° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.54° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| 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.