The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2049
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
7:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1560
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 | 189.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 333.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 3.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.11° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.21° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.