The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:14 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -258
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.51° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.57° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| 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.