The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1979
Waning Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
10:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 694
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 | 241.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.42° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.86° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| 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.