The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1915
Waxing Crescent
12.7% 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
8:48 AM
10:02 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 41.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.43° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.90° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.5° |
| 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.