The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
60.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
2:11 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.5%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -159
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 | 101.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 22.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.17° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.