The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:13 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1387
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.79° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.15° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.