The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1941
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 224
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 | 256.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.96° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.39° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.