The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 2047
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
12:07 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1535
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 | 288.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 233.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.14° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.67° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.