The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
2:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1721
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 | 100.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.32° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.11° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.