The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
8:12 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 892
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 | 207.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.00° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.65° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.