The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
12:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -209
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 | 289.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.09° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.87° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.