The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 18, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
2:41 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3131
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 27.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.89° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.62° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| 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.