The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1960
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
10:04 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 459
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 | 240.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.64° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.05° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.