The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
9:55 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1078
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 | 39.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.37° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.05° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.