The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1942
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
9:47 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 237
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 | 27.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.33° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.27° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.