The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
5:34 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -221
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 | 151.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.00° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.57° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.