The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1909
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
2:51 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -172
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 206.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -24.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.22° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.98° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.