The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1996
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
4:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 904
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 188.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.63° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.30° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.