The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1946
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
8:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 286
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 | 198.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.90° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.83° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.