The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1969
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
7:31 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 571
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 | 13.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -8.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.35° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.63° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.