The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2078
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1919
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 | 69.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 87.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.05° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.