The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
2:19 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1956
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 | 99.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.44° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.30° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.