The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2044
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1498
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 | 246.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 267.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.00° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.60° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| 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.