The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 17, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
4:24 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 113
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 | 123.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 40.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.60° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.51° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.