The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 2193
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
8:05 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3341
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 | 197.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 12m / 5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.90° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.55° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.