The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 2098
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
8:34 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2166
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 314.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.88° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.86° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.