The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1938
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
8:36 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 187
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.02° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.39° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.