The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1963
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 280.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 244.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.16° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.10° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.