The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1949
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
9:48 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 323
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 | 240.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -11.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.88° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.79° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.