February 18 Day 49 of 366 · ISO week 7 · Aquarius · Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 317 days remain until the year's end. It falls in winter (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Aquarius.
February 18
49th day of the year
February 2024 calendar — highlighted: the 18th
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Day of year 49 / 366 Days remaining 317 ISO week 7 Weekday in 2024 Sunday Zodiac (Western) Aquarius Zodiac (sidereal) Aquarius Season (N. hemi.) Winter Sun declination -12.3° Birthstone Amethyst Birth flower Violet, Primrose
External references Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
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Astronomy
Solar declination through the year — the Sun's apparent latitude on Earth. February 18 ≈ -12.3°
0°
+23°
−23°
-12.3°
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On February 18 the Sun's declination is approximately -12.3°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory , or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a February 18.
Position in the year
Position in the calendar year — day 49 of 366 (with 317 remaining)
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Feb 18
Holidays & observances No widely-observed holidays catalogued for this day in our base set. See the external almanacs above for region-specific observances.
Events A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
1861 — Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as Provisional President of the Confederate States of America. ↗ (165 years ago) 1885 — Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States. ↗ (141 years ago) 1930 — American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. ↗ (96 years ago) 2001 — FBI agent Robert Hanssen was arrested for selling secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia. ↗ (25 years ago) Notable births
1745 — Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist. ↗ (281 years ago) 1933 — Yoko Ono, Japanese-American artist and musician. ↗ (93 years ago) 1954 — John Travolta, American actor. ↗ (72 years ago) Notable deaths
1564 — Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance sculptor and painter. ↗ (462 years ago) 1967 — J. Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist. ↗ (59 years ago) Numerical & calendrical curiosities Day-of-year (49) 7^2 · composite (no) Days remaining (317) 317 Date code DDMMYYYY 18022026 · next palindrome year: 2081 Sun declination -12.27° (Cooper approximation) Distance from solstice 60 days
Cross-references The 18th of every other month Adjacent days Days nearby Themes: pluto-discovery huckleberry-finn
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