The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2031
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
1:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1337
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 | 306.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.22° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.78° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.