The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1920
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -36
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 | 334.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 197.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.91° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.25° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.