The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1944
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
12:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 261
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.05° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.79° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.