The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2059
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1684
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.11° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.