The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2145
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 AM
3:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2747
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 | 322.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 209.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.77° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.43° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.