The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2061
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
3:19 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1708
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 | 328.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.27° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.04° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.