The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 18, 2196
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3378
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 | 242.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.72° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.55° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.