The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2137
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
3:09 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2648
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.50° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.91° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.