The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2017
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
11:02 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1164
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 | 257.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.18° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.43° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.