The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1911
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
9:39 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -147
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 | 231.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.92° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.19° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.