The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2115
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
11:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2376
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.99° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.98° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.