The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2118
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
3:06 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2413
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 200.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.02° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.10° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.