The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 2131
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
10:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2574
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.49° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.76° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.