The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
2:58 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1003
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 | 324.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -26.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.17° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.64° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.