The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2120
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:53 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2438
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 | 226.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.62° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.53° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.