The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2131
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2574
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 268.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.36° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.92° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.