The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1904
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
7:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -233
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 | 13.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.10° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.39° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.