The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
2:33 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1251
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 | 103.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.67° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.71° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.