The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1907
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
11:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -196
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.02° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.22° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.