The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2139
Waning Gibbous
87.8% 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
10:00 PM
8:41 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2673
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 | 220.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -7.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.41° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.15° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.1° |
| 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.