The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2012
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
2:01 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 308.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.78° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.