The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1909
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
1:48 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 308.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 218.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -24.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.06° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.79° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.