The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1922
Waning Gibbous
61.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 257.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.28° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.59° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.