The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1925
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
12:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 26
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 | 287.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.62° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.68° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.