The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2074
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1869
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 | 257.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.79° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.68° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.