The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 18, 2137
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
4:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2648
Events on this date
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Venus 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 | 339.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 187.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.00° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.11° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.