The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:17 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -48
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.44° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.62° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.