The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2161
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
11:36 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2945
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 | 276.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.85° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.