The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 15, 1917
Waning Crescent
43.3% 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
2:02 AM
11:25 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -73
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 06m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.28° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.96° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.