The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1189
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 | 152.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.03° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.09° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.