The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
1:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1585
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 | 99.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 19.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.73° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.38° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.