The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
5:02 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 348
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.10° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.71° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.