The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1998
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 929
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 | 248.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.33° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.64° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.