The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2101
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:21 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2203
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 | 238.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.74° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.86° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.