The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2106
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
7:10 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2265
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.66° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.