The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1987
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
9:10 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 793
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 | 224.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.01° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.25° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.