The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
8:11 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 657
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.13° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.86° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| 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.