The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2107
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
2:36 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2277
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.01° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.81° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.