The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
6:16 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 484
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 17.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.48° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.34° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.