The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 2169
Waning Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3044
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 | 258.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -13.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.37° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.36° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.