The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1955
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
1:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 397
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 | 301.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.71° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.75° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.