The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 18, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:39 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2698
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 | 150.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 19.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.06° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.06° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.