The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1915
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
9:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -97
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 | 30.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.99° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.09° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.