The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1973
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
7:12 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 620
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 341.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.57° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.96° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.