The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2029
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
11:33 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1313
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 | 57.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.12° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.06° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.