The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1968
Waning Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
9:14 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 558
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 | 224.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.81° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.44° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| 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.