The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2082
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1968
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -15.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.83° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.06° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.