The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2058
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
12:24 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1671
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 | 288.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.39° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.57° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.95° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.