The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2023
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
2:50 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 323.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 203.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.11° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.44° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| 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.