The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
5:00 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2463
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 22.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.22° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.01° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.