The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2116
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 AM
11:09 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2389
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 8.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.53° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.94° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.