The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
8:46 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 422
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -7.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.09° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| 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.