The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1980
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
7:59 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 707
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 142.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.02° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.35° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.