The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2006
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
9:15 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1028
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 | 228.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -8.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.81° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.03° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.