The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
6:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1659
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 | 158.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 9.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.05° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.48° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.