The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2080
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
2:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1943
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.17° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.66° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.