The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
3:17 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1857
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.34° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.69° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.