The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
3:26 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 682
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.05° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.52° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.