The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, February 17, 1975
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 645
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 16.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.67° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.