The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
1:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 76
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 | 99.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 62.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.61° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.37° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| 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.