The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2147
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
8:19 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2772
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 318.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 4.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.25° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.58° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.