The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2033
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
8:44 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1362
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 | 217.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / -3.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.40° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.22° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.