The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
12:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.04° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.70° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.