The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
2:12 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 781
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.23° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.13° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.