The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1958
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
5:34 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 434
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 | 349.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.04° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.88° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.