The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 2135
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
10:43 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2624
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 6.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.38° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.31° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.