The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2025
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
9:28 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1263
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.40° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.81° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.