The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
2:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 447
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 | 110.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 56.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.26° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.32° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.