The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2077
Waning Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
1:14 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1906
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.23° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.92° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.