The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, February 17, 1974
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
3:07 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 310.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.70° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.