The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1903
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -246
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 | 252.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.23° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.79° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.