The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2109
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
8:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2302
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 1.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.11° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.11° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.