The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2063
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
9:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1733
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 | 240.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -14.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.68° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / 5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.26° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.