The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 17, 1994
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
12:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 880
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.54° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / -0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.75° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| 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.