The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1904
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
6:35 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -233
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.29° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.78° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.59° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.