The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2071
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
9:01 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1832
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 | 221.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.33° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.65° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.