The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 18, 2180
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
11:40 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3180
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 | 276.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 245.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.24° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.78° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.