The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 17, 1950
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
7:02 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 336
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 | 8.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 154.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.30° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.44° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.