The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2087
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
7:29 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2030
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 329.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.45° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.63° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.