The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
8:22 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1127
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 | 210.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.29° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.45° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.