The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
5:14 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1053
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 | 136.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.07° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.50° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.