The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 14
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 | 144.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.96° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| 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.