The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1966
Waning Crescent
6.8% 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
6:11 AM
3:28 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 330.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 197.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.80° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.22° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.