The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2068
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1795
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 353.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.58° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.29° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.