The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1984
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
8:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 756
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 333.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.98° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.28° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| 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.