The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2036
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1399
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.77° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.07° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| 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.