The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1985
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
3:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 191.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.02° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.