The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
6:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 150
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 356.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.89° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.54° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.