The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -85
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 | 164.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.83° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.31° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.