The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
9:11 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1597
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 | 225.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 290.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.45° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.99° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.