The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
22.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 AM
1:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -73
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 | 303.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.15° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.32° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.