The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2050
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
1:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1572
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 | 305.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 224.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.37° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / -3.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.58° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| 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.